The Edge -- Published Dec. 6, 2013

Newspaper editorial page editors always have to be on the lookout for serial letter-writing campaigns.

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Newspaper editorial page editors always have to be on the lookout for serial letter-writing campaigns.

We've seen them from both major parties in the past few years. They make it so easy for people.

Often, there are online forms in which you can type in the names of the newspapers to which you'd like your anti-Democratic or anti-Republican letter to be sent.

Talking points are provided to give you the background to criticize.

These types of letter-writing undertakings also can result in prose being sent en masse to politicians.

But we're not sure we've ever seen anything quite like the letter campaign put together by Restore The Delta.

The agency is looking for people to write letters to Gov. Jerry Brown in opposition to the twin tunnels and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan.

What's really odd is they also sent this plea to the media.

Restore The Delta's efforts start with these words:

"We don't want to put words in your mouth (and besides, form letters to politicians are somewhat less effective than those that are personalized), but we need you to send Governor Jerry Brown a letter expressing your opposition to the peripheral tunnels and the Bay Delta Conservation Plan in time for the December 13, 2013, release of the BDCP environmental impact report."

Restore The Delta then provides a bullet list of 15 different things - about 1,000 words in all - that are wrong with the governor's plan, from cost to habitat to conservation. Many of the points are detailed and seem as if they'd take a master's degree to decipher.

But, by all means, feel free to use your own words!

You can find the letter-writing prompt at restorethedelta.org. Hint: look for the words "Time to write letters to the governor."

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